Thanks, Robyn.
As the Buddhist proverb states, ”when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Perhaps as an educator, rather than preparing students for tests, we should start preparing them for problems. When a student has a problem they cannot answer, it is then that they learn to find the “teacher” whether that be a teaching professional, a website, a video, or a classmate. I agree with Wesch, that students demonstrate passion in learning when they are free to answer questions that are meaningful and relevant to their own lives. According to Davis (1999) there are several strategies for motivating students such as capitalizing on the students needs, active participation, ask students for feedback, high expectations, student goals, enthusiasm, de-emphasize grades and competition. Considering this, the key components that I feel should be included in new schools is definitely differentiated instruction to support the multiple intelligences, motivational tools, active participation and goal setting to support the brain-based learning theory, and technology to support the changing society.
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